아리새
Korean
Alternative forms
- 알이새 (arisae)
Etymology
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Obsolete native Korean word.
Noun
아리새 • (arisae)
- an oriole, Oriolus oriolus
- (perhaps wrongly) a wagtail (Motacillidae), especially a yellow wagtail (Motacilla spp.), which resembles the oriole
Synonyms
- 꾀꼬리 (kkoekkori)
- 창경(鶬鶊) (changgyeong)
- 황금조(黃金鳥) (hwanggeumjo)
- 황리(黃鸝) (hwangni)
- 황앵(黃鶯) (hwang'aeng)
- 황작(黃鵲) (hwangjak)
- 황조(黃鳥) (hwangjo)
- 할미새 (halmisae)
- 척령(鶺鴒) (cheongnyeong)
Related terms
See also
- 아시새 (asisae): the sacred bird in the Oriental legend, marked by colorful feathers and beautiful songs, also known as Sino-Korean 鳳 (bong), Chinese feng, often identified with Phoenician phoenix and Egyptian bennu.
- Golden oriole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Yellow wagtail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Nam, Gwang-u (남광우) (1997), 교학고어사전 (敎學古語辭典), Seoul: Gyohaksa, →ISBN, page 1003